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Novelist Ann Patchett Rereads 'Bel Canto' in New Annotated Edition

11/22/2024 • 57 min

Have you ever reread something you wrote years earlier and cringed? Or maybe you were surprised by the depth, heart and complexity of what your younger self put to the page. Ann Patchett had both experiences recently when she reread her award-winning 2001 book "Bel Canto." She's now reissued the novel with her own handwritten margin notes -- both complimentary a… Play episode

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